This fully illustrated reference guide covers everything the budding fossil enthusiast needs to know in order to get started: professional tips range from locating, digging and cleaning, to identifying, and storing and displaying a collection. Over 60 specimens are named, described, dated, and accompanied by annotated photographs. The visual directory is divided into three groups: plants, invertebrate animals and vertebrate animals. Each profile contains a fact-box featuring name, size, habitat, time span and main discovery sites.